Treasury-Post Office Departments Appropriations for 1961 : Post Office Department: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - Postal service - 438 pages

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Page 204 - ... if no such appeal is taken, the decision of the Contracting Officer shall be final and conclusive. In connection with any appeal proceeding under this clause, the Contractor shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard and to offer evidence in support of its appeal. Pending final decision of a dispute hereunder, the Contractor shall proceed diligently with the performance of the contract and in accordance with the Contracting Officer's decision.
Page 209 - In connection with the performance of work under this Contract, the Contractor agrees not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color or national origin. The aforesaid provision shall include, but not be limited to, the following : Employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer ; recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination ; rates of pay or other forms of compensation ; and selection for training, including apprenticeship.
Page 317 - Hon. CLARENCE CANNON, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Washington, DC DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN...
Page 209 - ... bona fide employees or bona fide' established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business. For breach or violation of this warranty the Government shall have the right to annul this contract without liability, or In Its discretion to deduct from the contract price or consideration, or otherwise recover, the full amount of such commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee.
Page 204 - Except as otherwise provided in this contract, any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this contract which is not disposed of by agreement shall be decided by the Contracting Officer, who shall reduce his decision to writing and mail or otherwise furnish a copy thereof to the Contractor.
Page 204 - Contractor shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard and to offer evidence in support of its appeal. Pending final decision of a dispute hereunder, the Contractor shall proceed diligently with the performance of the contract and in accordance with the Contracting Officer's decision. b. This "Disputes...
Page 206 - The laws authorizing pay adjustments provide that the compensation of a contractor may be readjusted with his consent for increased or decreased costs occasioned by changed conditions occurring during the contract term which could not reasonably have been anticipated at the time of contracting or renewing.
Page 209 - The Contractor warrants that no person or selling agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure this contract, upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee, excepting bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business.
Page 204 - Contracting Officer" means the person executing this contract on behalf of the Government, and any other officer or civilian employee who is a properly designated Contracting Officer; and the term includes, except as otherwise provided in this contract, the authorized representative of a Contracting Officer acting within the limits of his authority. (c) Except as otherwise provided in this contract, the term "subcontracts" includes purchase orders under this contract.
Page 204 - his duly authorized representative" means any person or persons or board (other than the Contracting Officer) authorized to act for the head of the agency or the Secretary. (b) The term "Contracting Officer...

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